The social media giant is testing a new feature that combines posts from the News Feed and Facebook Stories into a single, swipeable carousel at the top of your dashboard, according to eagle-eyed app researcher Jane Manchun Wong. Instead of scrolling from top to bottom through the Feed, users would swipe through content or tap left to right. Scroll down for videoFacebook has confirmed that it's testing a new feature that combines posts from the News Feed and Facebook Stories into a single, swipeable carousel at the top of your dashboardA Facebook spokesperson told TechCrunch that the firm isn't testing the feature publicly and it's still in the very early stages of development. The spokesperson added that Facebook still needs to do more user research before it begins testing the feature more broadly. In a GIF posted by Wong, photos and videos posted to Facebook Stories can be seen interspersed between News Feed posts like articles shared by their friends, profile picture updates and other photos.
Source: Daily Mail April 15, 2019 17:48 UTC